The University of Texas Permian Basin football team’s focus heading into the 2025 season is to recruit top talent from around the Basin to help get them back to the playoffs. The 2024 roster featured ...

CROWLEY — Odessa Permian was once one of the iconic programs in Texas high school football history. It was the subject of the bestselling 1990 book Friday Night Lights and inspired a movie and ...

The Permian boys basketball team will face North Crowley in the area round of the Class 6A DI state playoffs at 6:30 p.m. Friday at Clyde High School. The Panthers (25-10) are coming off a 66-37 win ...

EDITOR'S NOTE: The story of Odessa Permian's 1988 football season was told in the best-seller "Friday Night Lights." ESPN's Greg Garber takes a look at the ramifications of the book and whether ...

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